Become part of Barclays Credit Risk Review Group (CRRG) as a VP. This team team is an independent assurance function tasked with monitoring and reviewing the quality of the bank’s loan and derivative portfolios. Operating under the mandate of the Group Chief Risk Officer and reporting to various Boards of Directors, CRRG ensures the integrity of the credit sanctioning process. Your primary responsibilities include writing reviews assessing obligor creditworthiness and recommend basis and rationale for challenges to internal grades / ratings, as well as apply credit judgement. You will be presenting to and discussing your analysis with senior management and peers with contrasting views. validating internal grades through sampling, reviewing credit origination, evaluation, and approval processes, and testing conformance to relevant credit policies and standards. You will lead and own the completion of credit reviews / projects as assigned within the CRRG Annual Plan or on an ad hoc basis, and report findings to key stakeholders, ensuring that corrective actions are tracked to completion. You will lead and own the completion of credit reviews / projects as assigned within the CRRG Annual Plan or on an ad hoc basis, and report findings to key stakeholders, ensuring that corrective actions are tracked to completion. You will also be responsible for reviewing the credit analysis performed by junior team members (and recommend improvements where warranted) and be instrumental in coaching and training of new joiners and more junior team members. You will interface with various regulators as needed. You will support the Head of CRRG in the annual plan development and resource allocation. Additionally, you will monitor and lead on continuous monitoring activities on assigned industry sectors and sub-sectors. This function is independent of the credit sanctioning risk shared services and Business CROs within Barclays, ensuring unbiased and thorough assessments.
To be successful as a Vice President- Credit Risk Review Group, you should have experience of:
5+ years' solid experience as a credit officer / sanctioner, loan underwriter, credit risk or loan reviewer, or credit audit within a large financial institution, preferably in an investment or corporate banking environment, or a rating agency.
5+ years' experience in people management, project leadership or consulting.
Familiarity with processes related to wholesale loan underwriting, credit agreements, and covenant monitoring.
Some other highly valued skills may include
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills
The location of the role is Mumbai, IN. There are multiple positions under this requisition.
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Purpose of the role
To support the Risk Function in delivering it’s objective of safeguarding the bank's financial and operational stability by proactively identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units and activities.
Accountabilities
Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.Vice President Expectations
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.